by DAVID | Mar 10, 2026 | Management Essentials
Photo by Barrett Ward on Unsplash If you’ve ever wondered how a toxic office culture might originate, here’s a recent example. Hopefully, you can’t relate. While working late one evening, a young manager, trying to meet a deadline, overheard her boss (the...
by DAVID | Mar 7, 2026 | Team Development
Underperformance within a business or department isn’t usually the fault of the whole team. Disharmony or failure stems from one or more individuals within the squad. These are people who won’t or can’t get with the programme. We’re talking about the...
by DAVID | Mar 5, 2026 | Team Development
Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash If you lead a team large or small, do you feel they’re, Displaying flat energy levels Going through the motions at work Expressing cynicism, but you can’t quite put your finger on why Exuding a general lack of enthusiasm Taking a...
by DAVID | Feb 26, 2026 | Management Essentials
If you work in marketing, you can sharpen your copy and messaging considerably by listening to how top salespeople sell. They are masters at explaining “this is what we will do for you.” They probably won’t use those words, but that’s what they are saying to...
by DAVID | Feb 25, 2026 | Team Development
Photo by Hc Digital on Unsplash You can’t and won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. Human nature, with all its variety, means that we warm to some people and not to others. If you’re a leader or manager, some of the people you lead and work...